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appears to be compounded of the same roots as Totyarquil, is not 
very wonderful, considering that the Mallee country extends far 
into South Australia. The occurrence of the word Weelaty in 
the south-east of Tasmania is more noticeable. This word means 
an eagle, and readily takes its place with the South Australian 
belongs to Victoria as a triangle, whose sides are about 200 miles 
in length. The area is about 13,000,000 of acres, and occu- 
ples about one-fifth of the whole area of the Colony. No river 
S bewildering. expanse of open ocean. This was 
* Suitable region for the cultivation of a knowledge of the stars. 
: : e materials preserved, which we have been 
investigating, seem pretty fairly to establish this claim. 
